Private Equity Insights vs FactSet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Equity Insights
This platform connects Private Equity leaders through industry events, research, and digital networks. Attendees can share profiles, chat with others, and interact with speakers to discuss challenges and best practices in the industry.
- Connect with Private Equity leaders
- Industry event platform
- Share profiles
- Chat with attendees
- Interact with speakers
- Share opinions on Private Equity
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Private Equity Insights is a dedicated Private Equity platform operating in Europe and in Asia connecting Private Equity leaders around industry topics through high-level meetings, research, initiatives and digital networks. Our annual one-day events provide the best platform to discuss current practical challenges and to share best practices with the most significant industry players from the largest LPs, GPs, PE funds and high growth potential companies on the market. We aim at promoting the whole region and fostering deal origination. Our app provides our attendees with the possibility to share their profile, chat, interact with the speakers and the rest of the audience, as well as share their opinion on Private Equity.
FactSet
Access comprehensive financial data, market research, and real-time news on the go. Monitor portfolios, track securities, and stay updated with breaking alerts. Download documents for offline access to manage investments effectively.
- Portfolio monitoring
- Watchlist management
- Real-time market data
- Historical financials and estimates
- Contextual news content
- Breaking news alerts
- Offline document download
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Leverage the power and intelligence of the FactSet workstation anytime, anywhere Monitor your latest proprietary security data: • Portfolio holdings and watchlist securities are always up to date • Monitor real-time portfolio performance relative to a benchmark • Keep an eye on your watchlist and make edits that sync across FactSet Research the markets: • Indices, fixed income, commodities, exchange rates, and cryptocurrencies • Real-time quote & price data for equities at any time of day • View historical financials and estimates, charts, broker research, earnings, and the latest filings as they release Never miss a beat: • Contextual news content keeps you updated with the latest top market news and news for the companies that you care about most • Enable breakings news alerts to stay informed in real-time • Download documents offline for your upcoming travels FactSet delivers superior analytics, service, content, and technology to help more than 200,000 investment professionals seize opportunity sooner. *NOTE* The FactSet app is for subscribers to FactSet only! For more information on FactSet, please visit www.factset.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FactSet at 4.6 against Private Equity Insights's 3.5. FactSet also leads on ratings volume (367 vs 2). Private Equity Insights's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FactSet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FactSet has 367 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Private Equity Insights ships an update every 5 weeks, FactSet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Equity Insights | FactSet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 18.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 367 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alphapod Sdn. Bhd. | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Private Equity Insights
FactSet
In-app purchases
Private Equity Insights
No in-app purchases
FactSet
No in-app purchases
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